Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Humor from India

Smita H., who works at one of India's finest business schools, received this e-mail from an applicant:
Sir, pls tell me the details regardin the importance of WORK EXPERIANCE in admissions. On web, its written work exp of 2 years. If i hav work exp with good
profile espec related to management and co-ordination in a team for 1 year n good GMAT score, can i get admission there?Specially rep dis ques pls. Pls give all the details of admission through which i can enter. CAT, GMAT, GD, PI.................... wat are the steps. wat r d cut offs of GMAT and cat? pls give all the details s, i m nt gettin it cearly frm web. pls reply soon s u recive dis mail, so i can proceed for admission.

It might be true that texting abbreviations aren't ruining the ability of native English speakers to spell normally when circumstances require it. In this case at least, the English-as-a-second-language student has sabotaged his ability to get into business school.

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